In fact, in many dialogues, we actually don't communicate at all. We simply wait for the other person to finish speaking to impose our point of view. In these situations, as the philosopher Abraham Kaplan notes, the dialogue is a duo-logue, a monologue in two voices. Listening is therefore the first essential ingredient of the Catechesis dialogue on social communications, with Fr. Marcel Ranivomanalina.

Tuesday, 14th June, 2022 — Eleventh week in Ordinary Time — I give you a new commandment; love one another as I have loved you — Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 5, 43-48

Monday, 13th June, 2022 — Eleventh week in Ordinary Time — A lamp to my feet is your word, a light to my path — Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 5, 38-42

There is a use of hearing that is not true listening, but its opposite: listening in secret. In fact, an omnipresent temptation which, in the era of the social web, seems to have increased, is that of listening and spying, instrumentalizing others for our benefit. Catechesis on social communications, with Fr. Marcel Ranivomanalina.

Message from the Bishops at the end of the Pilgrimage

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, You who have come in such large numbers to take part in this national pilgrimage, as well as all of you who are following it from home through the media. We, the bishops of Madagascar, would like to express our deep gratitude to you for having responded to our invitation and for having brought this jubilee initiated by Pope Francis to life spiritually. With you, we take up Mary's song: ‘My soul exalts the Lord’ and we repeat with her: ‘What shall I repay the Lord for all the good he has done me?’....

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Love and Salvation

Christmas is a great joy, because it is the love of God that has come to us, proclaims Fr. Bizimana Innocent, Provincial Superior of the Salesians Don Bosco of Madagascar and Mauritius, presenting his Christmas greetings. Salvation is accomplished, so life is not in danger of disappearing. It is this love and this salvation that we wish to fill our life so that we have peace.

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Zatti, our brother

The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.

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